diff --git a/lib/import-export-visitor.js b/lib/import-export-visitor.js
index 383307973..ea9fc4797 100644
--- a/lib/import-export-visitor.js
+++ b/lib/import-export-visitor.js
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ IEVp.reset = function (rootPath, codeOrNull, options) {
   this.modifyAST = !! getOption(options, "ast");
   this.parse = getOption(options, "parse");
   this.nextKey = 0;
-  this.importMethod = getOption(options, "generateLegacyModuleImport")
-    ? "import" : "importSync";
 
   return this;
 };
@@ -408,8 +406,7 @@ IEVp.visitImportDeclaration = function (path) {
   parts.push(toModuleImport(
     this._getSourceString(decl),
     computeSpecifierMap(decl.specifiers),
-    this.makeUniqueKey(),
-    this.importMethod
+    this.makeUniqueKey()
   ));
 
   this.hoistImports(path, parts.join(""));
@@ -420,11 +417,7 @@ IEVp.visitImportDeclaration = function (path) {
 IEVp.visitExportAllDeclaration = function (path) {
   const decl = path.getValue();
   const parts = [
-    this.pad(
-      "module." + this.importMethod + "(",
-      decl.start,
-      decl.source.start
-    ),
+    this.pad("module.importSync(", decl.start, decl.source.start),
     this._getSourceString(decl),
     this.pad(
       ",{'*':(v,k)=>{exports[k]=v;}}," +
@@ -567,8 +560,7 @@ IEVp.visitExportNamedDeclaration = function (path) {
       this.hoistExports(path, toModuleImport(
         this._getSourceString(decl),
         specifierMap,
-        this.makeUniqueKey(),
-        this.importMethod
+        this.makeUniqueKey()
       ));
 
     } else {
@@ -671,8 +663,8 @@ function addToSpecifierMap(map, __ported, local) {
   return map;
 }
 
-function toModuleImport(source, specifierMap, uniqueKey, importMethod) {
-  const parts = ["module.", importMethod, "(", source];
+function toModuleImport(source, specifierMap, uniqueKey) {
+  const parts = ["module.importSync(", source];
   const importedNames = specifierMap ? Object.keys(specifierMap) : null;
   const nameCount = importedNames ? importedNames.length : 0;
 
diff --git a/lib/options.js b/lib/options.js
index b82060666..6aabbb15a 100644
--- a/lib/options.js
+++ b/lib/options.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const defaultCompileOptions = {
   ast: false,
   force: false,
   generateLetDeclarations: false,
-  generateLegacyModuleImport: false,
   get parse () {
     return require("./parsers/default.js").parse;
   }
diff --git a/test/compiler-tests.js b/test/compiler-tests.js
index be3a3b075..c655b5c6c 100644
--- a/test/compiler-tests.js
+++ b/test/compiler-tests.js
@@ -68,26 +68,6 @@ describe("compiler", function () {
     ).code.indexOf("var foo;"), 0);
   });
 
-  it("should respect options.generateLegacyModuleImport", function () {
-    import { compile } from "../lib/compiler.js";
-
-    function check(code) {
-      var legacy = compile(code, {
-        generateLegacyModuleImport: true
-      }).code;
-      assert.notStrictEqual(legacy.indexOf("module.import("), -1);
-    }
-
-    check('import foo from "./foo"');
-    check('import { a, b as c } from "./foo"');
-    check('import * as ns from "./foo"');
-    check('import "./foo"');
-
-    // These exports are really imports behind the scenes.
-    check('export { a, b as c } from "./foo"');
-    check('export * from "./foo"');
-  });
-
   it("should allow pre-parsed ASTs via options.parse", function () {
     import { compile } from "../lib/compiler.js";
     import { parse } from "../lib/parsers/default.js";